self-defeating
bad faith
intended
abandonment
shoot oneself in the foot
be out for
nonaccomplishment
counteract
purposeful
nonachievement
goalodicy
uroboric
punt
hara-kiri
self-abnegation
power trip
like turkeys voting for Christmas
pretense
purposefulness
self-sabotage
vindictiveness
look out for number one
advantage
vengefulness
self-seeking
bamboozle
hamstring
lead by the nose
purposive
pull the wool over someone's eyes
bend
self-destroy
avenge
get it out of my system
account for
unburdening
play false
hoodwink
goal-directed
snow
self-destruct
retaliate
revenge
under one's own steam
sharp elbows
be one's own worst enemy
obstinance
endeavoring
obstinacy
self-will
bullheadedness
sacrificeable
pigheadedness
stubbornness
rational egoism
tergiversation
numero uno
lulz
self-annihilate
self-acting
sell out
come the raw prawn
self-control
purposing
on one's own account
unpurposefulness
self-deletion
beating
vengeful
whipping
self-defense
self-ordination
cut off one's nose to spite one's face
entification
reabandonment
self-protection
devil take the hindmost
vindictive
take down
revengeful
felo-de-se
self-defence
tie someone's hands
betrayal
scopulate
prosopon
deinstrumentalize
help oneself
interject
scratch one's own itch
overthrowal
by-view
threat
self-renunciation
selfsustained
conflict

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